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Seychelles

Seychelles

Seychelles Police Force

To provide a quality police service to the public by strengthening the Force and reinforcing social partnerships.

Vision:

To safeguard public safety through a caring and dedicated police service founded on a spirit of trust and partnership.

Core values:

Putting public safety and service to the community first;

Upholding the pride and professional reputation of the Force at all times;

Engaging with the community.

Strategic focus areas:

National, regional and international security;

Peace, preservation and crime management;

Road traffic;

Public confidence;

Cultural diversity;

Organizational development and capacity building.

Headed by a Police Commissioner personally appointed by the president of the Republic of Seychelles, the Force is made up of the following components:

Canine Unit;

Criminal Investigation Division;

INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for the Seychelles;

National Intelligence Services;

Public Security Support Wing (riot and crowd control);

Regular Police;

Scientific Support Crime & Record Bureau;

Tourism Police;

Traffic Police.

INTERPOL Victoria

The National Central Bureau (NCB) for the Seychelles is located at the Victoria-based Police Headquarters. It is headed by the Commissioner of Police and is part of the Criminal Investigation Division .

Mandate:

Assist local police forces in investigations requiring international outreach;

KENYA/ZIMBABWE - An operation across Eastern and Southern Africa targeting transnational crimes including human, drug and arms trafficking, people smuggling, terrorism, car theft and environmental crime has resulted in nearly 4,500 arrests.To address the wide-ranging yet often interlinked types of crime across the region, some 1,500 officers were deployed...

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius – Reviewing key evidence and information sharing was the focus of a two-day (20 and 21 March) meeting under the umbrella of INTERPOL’s Maritime Security unit as part of it Evidence Exploitation Initiative (EVEXI) project targeting maritime piracy in East Africa.Investigators from all five EVEXI II countries and representatives from t...

KENYA/ZIMBABWE - An operation across Eastern and Southern Africa targeting a range of cross-border crimes has resulted in the rescue of human trafficking victims, the seizure of drugs, guns and stolen vehicles and the recovery of smuggled goods including ivory and diamonds.Codenamed Usalama – which means ‘safety’ – the operation was led by the Eastern Afr...

VICTORIA, Seychelles – With the collection and transmission of evidence essential in the ongoing fight against maritime piracy, specialist fingerprint collection and transmission equipment has been provided by INTERPOL to the Seychelles law enforcement community.The Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) has been installed as part of the Europ...

VICTORIA, Seychelles – The Head of INTERPOL has underlined the world police body’s on-going support to the Seychelles and pledged its global resources to the island nation in its ‘herculean’ efforts to combat maritime piracy.During meetings (17-19 June) in Victoria with the Seychelles Minister for Home Affairs, Environment and Transport, Joel Morgan, as w...